🚀 Momentum Strategy Report January 16, 2026
Benchmark (VOO)
12-Mo Return: 16.8% | 1-Week: 0.4%
🔄 Universe Updates (Today)
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💎 Mega Cap Leaders
MU
($336.63 | 226.2% 12M, +2.9% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-07
AMD
($227.92 | 90.0% 12M, +11.4% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-14
GOOGL
($332.78 | 70.2% 12M, +2.3% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-10
JNJ
($219.57 | 51.5% 12M, +6.7% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-09
LLY
($1032.97 | 38.3% 12M, -4.8% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-14
NVDA
($187.05 | 37.3% 12M, +1.1% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-13
WMT
($119.20 | 30.5% 12M, +5.4% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-07
ABBV
($216.75 | 26.5% 12M, -3.3% 1W) - ✨ New Entrant
VOO
($636.62 | 16.8% 12M, +0.4% 1W) - ✨ New Entrant
XOM
($129.13 | 15.8% 12M, +5.1% 1W) - ✨ New Entrant
Dropped: AVGO (50.4%, +3.2%), BAC (11.7%, -6.4%), GE (77.5%, +1.7%)
🏢 S&P 500 Leaders
WDC
($222.10 | 243.6% 12M, +18.3% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-07
MU
($336.63 | 226.2% 12M, +2.9% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-07
WBD
($28.49 | 191.0% 12M, +0.6% 1W) - ✨ New Entrant
LRCX
($217.47 | 185.6% 12M, +8.2% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-07
INTC
($48.32 | 145.0% 12M, +17.5% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-08
DG
($151.73 | 121.3% 12M, +5.4% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-14
APH
($154.22 | 117.4% 12M, +13.2% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-14
KLAC
($1544.96 | 115.7% 12M, +16.6% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-10
CVNA
($460.88 | 115.3% 12M, +4.1% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-07
HII
($418.86 | 110.8% 12M, +10.7% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-09
Dropped: STX (239.5%, +12.6%)
🏭 S&P 400 (MidCap) Leaders
SATS
($123.55 | 404.7% 12M, +5.6% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-07
HL
($25.22 | 366.2% 12M, +20.0% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-07
KTOS
($124.56 | 265.8% 12M, +19.7% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-07
MP
($66.70 | 223.6% 12M, +9.2% 1W) - ✨ New Entrant
CIEN
($243.79 | 184.5% 12M, +8.3% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-13
AVAV
($378.57 | 126.0% 12M, +9.7% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-09
ATI
($125.39 | 119.6% 12M, +5.7% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-14
FN
($497.58 | 112.9% 12M, +12.3% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-14
ROIV
($23.30 | 110.5% 12M, +7.0% 1W) - 🔥 since 2026-01-09
FIVE
($198.04 | 109.5% 12M, +0.0% 1W) - ✨ New Entrant
Dropped: COHR (103.2%, +13.2%), ELAN (104.1%, +4.0%)
💎 Mega Cap Details
MU — Micron Technology, Inc. $336.63
Rank Change: 1.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-07
12-Mo Return: 226.2%
Last Week: 2.9%
Micron is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world, specializing in memory and storage chips. Its primary revenue stream comes from dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, and it also has minority exposure to not-and or NAND, flash chips. Micron serves a global customer base, selling chips into data centers, mobile phones, consumer electronics, and industrial and automotive applications. The firm is vertically integrated....
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AMD — Advanced Micro Devices $227.92
Rank Change: 0.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-14
12-Mo Return: 90.0%
Last Week: 11.4%
Advanced Micro Devices designs a variety of digital semiconductors for markets such as PCs, gaming consoles, data centers (including artificial intelligence), industrial, and automotive applications. AMD's traditional strength was in central processing units and graphics processing units used in PCs and data centers. However, AMD is emerging as a prominent player in AI GPUs and related hardware. Additionally, the firm supplies the chips found in prominent game consoles such as the Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox....
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GOOGL — Alphabet Inc. Class A Common Stock $332.78
Rank Change: 0.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-10
12-Mo Return: 70.2%
Last Week: 2.3%
Alphabet is a holding company that wholly owns internet giant Google. The California-based company derives slightly less than 90% of its revenue from Google services, the vast majority of which is advertising sales. Alongside online ads, Google services houses sales stemming from Google's subscription services (YouTube TV and YouTube Music, among others), platforms (sales and in-app purchases on Play Store), and devices (Chromebooks, Pixel smartphones, and smart home products such as Chromecast). Google's cloud computing platform accounts for roughly 10% of Alphabet's revenue. The firm's investments in up-and-coming technologies such as self-driving cars (Waymo), health (Verily), and internet access (Google Fiber) make up the rest....
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JNJ — Johnson & Johnson $219.57
Rank Change: 1.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-09
12-Mo Return: 51.5%
Last Week: 6.7%
Johnson & Johnson is the world's largest and most diverse healthcare firm. It has two divisions: innovative medicine and medtech. These now represent all of the company's sales following the divestment of the consumer business, Kenvue, in 2023. After restructurings in 2023-24, the drug division focuses on three main therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, and neurology. Geographically, just over half of total revenue is generated in the United States....
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LLY — Eli Lilly & Co. $1032.97
Rank Change: 0.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-14
12-Mo Return: 38.3%
Last Week: -4.8%
Eli Lilly is a drug firm with a focus on neuroscience, cardiometabolic, cancer, and immunology. Lilly's key products include Verzenio for cancer; Mounjaro, Zepbound, Jardiance, Trulicity, Humalog, and Humulin for cardiometabolic; and Taltz and Olumiant for immunology....
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NVDA — Nvidia Corp $187.05
Rank Change: 1.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-13
12-Mo Return: 37.3%
Last Week: 1.1%
Nvidia is a leading developer of graphics processing units. Traditionally, GPUs were used to enhance the experience on computing platforms, most notably in gaming applications on PCs. GPU use cases have since emerged as important semiconductors used in artificial intelligence to run large language models. Nvidia not only offers AI GPUs, but also a software platform, Cuda, used for AI model development and training. Nvidia is also expanding its data center networking solutions, helping to tie GPUs together to handle complex workloads....
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WMT — Walmart Inc. Common Stock $119.20
Rank Change: 2.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-07
12-Mo Return: 30.5%
Last Week: 5.4%
Since its founding in 1962, Walmart has become the world's largest retailer, operating over 10,700 stores globally (including 4,600 namesake locations on its home turf and another 600 Sam's Club outlets) and growing its e-commerce presence, attracting 270 million customers weekly. In aggregate, the firm posted more than $680 billion in fiscal 2025 sales. Its core operations span three reporting segments: Walmart US (68% of fiscal 2025 sales), Walmart International (18%), and Sam's Club (14%). Within the US, nearly 60% of its $465 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue came from its grocery offerings, with another quarter from general merchandise. Internationally, Walmart's operations are concentrated in Mexico, though it also has budding exposure to India....
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ABBV — ABBVIE INC. $216.75
Rank Change: 0.0 | ✨ New Entrant
12-Mo Return: 26.5%
Last Week: -3.3%
AbbVie is a pharmaceutical firm with a strong exposure to immunology (with Humira, Skyrizi, and Rinvoq) and oncology (with Imbruvica and Venclexta). The company was spun off from Abbott in early 2013. The 2020 acquisition of Allergan added several new products and drugs in aesthetics, including Botox. The 2024 acquisitions of Cerevel (neuroscience) and ImmunoGen (oncology) help supplement AbbVie's portfolio....
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VOO — Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $636.62
Rank Change: 1.0 | ✨ New Entrant
12-Mo Return: 16.8%
Last Week: 0.4%
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XOM — Exxon Mobil Corporation $129.13
Rank Change: 6.0 | ✨ New Entrant
12-Mo Return: 15.8%
Last Week: 5.1%
ExxonMobil is an integrated oil and gas company that explores for, produces, and refines oil worldwide. In 2024, it produced 3.0 million barrels of liquids and 8.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. At the end of 2024, reserves were 19.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent, 69% of which were liquids. The company is one of the world's largest refiners, with a total global refining capacity of 4.3 million barrels of oil per day, and is one of the world's largest manufacturers of commodity and specialty chemicals....
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🏢 S&P 500 Details
WDC — Western Digital Corp. $222.10
Rank Change: 2.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-07
12-Mo Return: 243.6%
Last Week: 18.3%
Western Digital is a leading vertically integrated supplier of hard disk drives. The HDD market is a practical duopoly, with Western Digital and Seagate being the two largest players. Western Digital designs and manufactures its HDDs, with much of the manufacturing and workforce located in Asia. The primary consumers of HDDs are data centers....
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MU — Micron Technology, Inc. $336.63
Rank Change: 4.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-07
12-Mo Return: 226.2%
Last Week: 2.9%
Micron is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world, specializing in memory and storage chips. Its primary revenue stream comes from dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, and it also has minority exposure to not-and or NAND, flash chips. Micron serves a global customer base, selling chips into data centers, mobile phones, consumer electronics, and industrial and automotive applications. The firm is vertically integrated....
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WBD — Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Series A Common Stock $28.49
Rank Change: 1.0 | ✨ New Entrant
12-Mo Return: 191.0%
Last Week: 0.6%
Warner Bros. Discovery operates in three segments: streaming, studios, and linear networks. In 2026, it intends to split its networks from streaming and studios to form two separate companies. The streaming business includes HBO Max, which is rapidly increasing its international footprint in addition to its major presence in the US. Studios include industry leaders in both film and television, which produce movies and television series that are monetized in multiple ways, including theatrical release, sales to third parties, and feeding into Warner's own platforms. Global networks consist of basic cable networks like CNN, TNT, TBS, Discovery, HGTV, and The Food Network. The Discovery+ streaming service will remain part of global networks....
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LRCX — Lam Research Corp $217.47
Rank Change: 3.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-07
12-Mo Return: 185.6%
Last Week: 8.2%
Lam Research is one of the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment manufacturers in the world. It specializes in deposition and etch, which entail the buildup of layers on a semiconductor and the subsequent selective removal of patterns from each layer. Lam holds the top market share in etch and holds the clear second share in deposition. It is more exposed to memory chipmakers for DRAM and NAND chips. It counts as top customers the largest chipmakers in the world, including TSMC, Samsung, Intel, and Micron....
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INTC — Intel Corp $48.32
Rank Change: 7.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-08
12-Mo Return: 145.0%
Last Week: 17.5%
Intel is a leading digital chipmaker, focused on the design and manufacturing of microprocessors for the global personal computer and data center markets. Intel pioneered the x86 architecture for microprocessors and led the semiconductor industry down the path of Moore's law for advances in semiconductor manufacturing. Intel remains the market share leader in central processing units in both the PC and server end markets. Intel is seeking to reinvigorate its chip manufacturing business, Intel Foundry, while developing leading-edge products within its Intel Products business segment....
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DG — Dollar General Corp. $151.73
Rank Change: 11.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-14
12-Mo Return: 121.3%
Last Week: 5.4%
Since its beginning in 1939, Dollar General has grown to become the largest dollar store operator in the United States, with more than 20,000 small-box discount stores across 48 states. The firm generated $40 billion in fiscal 2024 sales. The retailer maintains a heavy concentration of stores in rural and low-income markets underserved by big-box retailers. It's 11,000 stock-keeping units, including 2,000 priced at $1 or less, span consumables (82% of sales), seasonal items (10%), home products (5%), and apparel (3%). More than 20% of sales are derived from private label....
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APH — Amphenol Corporation $154.22
Rank Change: 7.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-14
12-Mo Return: 117.4%
Last Week: 13.2%
Amphenol is a global supplier of connectors, sensors, and interconnect systems. It holds the second-largest connector market share globally and sells into the automotive, broadband, commercial air, industrial, IT and data communications, military, mobile devices, and mobile networks end markets. Amphenol is diversified geographically, with operations in 40 countries....
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KLAC — KLA Corporation Common Stock $1544.96
Rank Change: 0.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-10
12-Mo Return: 115.7%
Last Week: 16.6%
KLA is one of the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturers in the world. It specializes in the market segment of semiconductor process control, wherein machines inspect semiconductor wafers during research and development and manufacturing for defects and verify precise measurements. In this section of the market, KLA holds a majority share. It also has a small exposure to the etch and deposition segments of the WFE market. It counts as top customers the largest chipmakers in the world, including TSMC and Samsung....
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CVNA — Carvana Co. $460.88
Rank Change: 4.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-07
12-Mo Return: 115.3%
Last Week: 4.1%
Carvana Co is an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars. The company derives revenue from used vehicle sales, wholesale vehicle sales and other sales and revenues. The other sales and revenues include sales of loans originated and sold in securitization transactions or to financing partners, commissions received on VSCs and sales of GAP waiver coverage. The foundation of the business is retail vehicle unit sales. This drives the majority of the revenue and allows the company to capture additional revenue streams associated with financing, VSCs, auto insurance and GAP waiver coverage, as well as trade-in vehicles....
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HII — Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. $418.86
Rank Change: 7.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-09
12-Mo Return: 110.8%
Last Week: 10.7%
Huntington Ingalls Industries is the largest independent military shipbuilder in the US, spun out from Northrop Grumman in 2011. It operates three segments, two of which are storied shipyards: Ingalls produces non-nuclear-powered ships including amphibious landing ships and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, while Newport News produces nuclear-powered ships as the only producer of Gerald Ford-class aircraft carriers and a major subcontractor on Virginia- and Columbia-class nuclear submarines. HII shares production of destroyers and nuclear submarines with General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works and Electric Boat shipyards, respectively. The company's mission technologies segment produces uncrewed sea vessels and provides a range of IT and other services to US government agencies....
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🏭 S&P 400 Details
SATS — EchoStar Corporation $123.55
Rank Change: 0.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-07
12-Mo Return: 404.7%
Last Week: 5.6%
Satellite television provides the bulk of EchoStar's revenue. The firm serves about 5 million US satellite customers, about 10% of the traditional television market. It also serves 2 million customers under the Sling brand. EchoStar has also amassed an extensive portfolio of spectrum licenses and is building a nationwide wireless network. It acquired Sprint's prepaid business, serving approximately 7 million customers, primarily under the Boost brand. The firm has agreed to sell a portion of its wireless licenses to AT&T and SpaceX, and will rely heavily on the AT&T network to serve customers. EchoStar's legacy businesses provide satellite telecom services and equipment to businesses and consumers, including about 800,000 internet customers....
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HL — Hecla Mining Company $25.22
Rank Change: 1.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-07
12-Mo Return: 366.2%
Last Week: 20.0%
Hecla Mining Co produces and explores silver, gold, zinc, and other metals. The operating business segments are Greens Creek, Lucky Friday, Keno Hill, and Casa Berardi. It generates maximum revenue from the Greens Creek segment. Geographically, It operates in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, and it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States....
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KTOS — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. $124.56
Rank Change: 0.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-07
12-Mo Return: 265.8%
Last Week: 19.7%
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc develops and fields transformative, affordable technology, platforms, and systems. The company has two segments; The Kratos Government Solutions (KGS) segment is comprised of an aggregation of KGS operating segments, including its microwave electronic products, space, training, and cybersecurity, C5ISR/modular systems, turbine technologies, and defense and rocket support services operating segments and The Unmanned Systems segment consists of unmanned aerial, unmanned ground, unmanned seaborne and related command, control, and communications system businesses. The company derives a majority of its revenue from the Kratos Government Solutions segment....
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MP — MP Materials Corp. $66.70
Rank Change: 0.0 | ✨ New Entrant
12-Mo Return: 223.6%
Last Week: 9.2%
MP Materials Corp is the producer of rare earth materials in the Western Hemisphere. The company owns and operates the Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine and Processing Facility, the only rare earth mining and processing site of scale in North America. The company is also developing a rare earth metal, alloy, and magnet manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The company's operations are organized into two reportable segments: Materials and Magnetics....
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CIEN — Ciena Corporation $243.79
Rank Change: 1.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-13
12-Mo Return: 184.5%
Last Week: 8.3%
Ciena is a telecommunications equipment provider focused on optical transport technologies, with clients in a number of industries such as communication services providers, web-scale providers, cable operators, government, and large enterprises worldwide. The company provides equipment, software, and services that support transport, switching, aggregation, service delivery, and data traffic management....
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AVAV — AeroVironment, Inc. $378.57
Rank Change: 21.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-09
12-Mo Return: 126.0%
Last Week: 9.7%
AeroVironment Inc supplies unmanned aircraft systems, tactical missile systems, high-altitude pseudo-satellites, and other related services to government agencies within the United States Department of Defense as well as the United States allied international governments. The systems can help with security, surveillance, or sensing, and provide eyes in the sky without needing an actual person, or driver in the sky. The company is a defense technology provider delivering integrated capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. It develops and deploy autonomous systems, precision strike systems, counter-UAS technologies, space-based platforms, directed energy systems, and cyber and electronic warfare capabilities. Company operates in three segments: UxS, LMS, MW....
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ATI — ATI Inc. $125.39
Rank Change: 0.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-14
12-Mo Return: 119.6%
Last Week: 5.7%
ATI Inc supplies specialty metals to various end markets, including aerospace and defense, oil and gas, automotive, and electrical energy, among many others. The company's operating segment includes High-Performance Materials and Components and Advanced Alloys and Solutions. The majority of revenue is from the High-Performance Materials segment. The High-Performance Materials segment is focused on a wide range of high-performance specialty materials, parts, and components for several the majority of end markets, including the aerospace & defense, medical, and energy markets. Geographically, it operates in the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, and Others, the majority is from the United States....
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FN — Fabrinet $497.58
Rank Change: 0.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-14
12-Mo Return: 112.9%
Last Week: 12.3%
Fabrinet provides advance-level optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, such as optical communication components, modules and sub-systems, industrial lasers, automotive components, medical devices, and sensors. The company offers a broad range of advance optical and electro-mechanical capabilities across the entire manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, complex printed circuit board assembly, advance-level of packaging, integration, final assembly, and testing. The company generates the majority of its revenue from North America and Asia-Pacific, with the rest from Europe....
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ROIV — Roivant Sciences Ltd. Common Shares $23.30
Rank Change: 1.0 | 🔥 since 2026-01-09
12-Mo Return: 110.5%
Last Week: 7.0%
Roivant Sciences Ltd is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the delivery of healthcare to patients. It also incubates discovery-stage companies and health technology startups complementary to its biopharmaceutical business. Its drug candidate VTAMA (tapinarof) is a treatment of plaque psoriasis in adult patients and is in its commercial stage. The other drug candidates in their different stages of development are; Batoclimab, IMVT-1402, Brepocitinib, Namilumab, and others....
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FIVE — Five Below, Inc. Common Stock $198.04
Rank Change: 4.0 | ✨ New Entrant
12-Mo Return: 109.5%
Last Week: 0.0%
Five Below Inc is a specialty value retailer offering merchandise targeted at the tween and teen demographic. The Company's edited assortment of products includes select brands and licensed merchandise. It derives revenue from sales of the Company's merchandise to customers....
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Generated by Python Momentum Engine • January 16, 2026
